But what kind of review do you expect Dave to do? In preparing a video, he cannot spend days and weeks to really dig into the subtleties of a device as powerful and complex as the 3000X HD. And his video format does not allow for the level of detail which Performa01 presented in his 800X HD thread -- nowhere near, in fact.
In this particular case I would like to know which FPGA has the SDS800 vs SDS1000 vs SDS3000 because they are all part of the same family, so as software they are similar, but as processing power I have no idea how different they are.
If the SDS1000 is just an SDS800 with a bigger screen, the price difference is not justified for many of us. About the SDS1000 we know what hardware it includes (user skander posted photos), but we don't know what FPGA and ADC converters the SDS800 has.
Same with the SDS3000. Unless it's significantly more powerful, faster than the SDS2000X HD, I have the same problem.
Also, it looks like the new SDS2000X HD, black, is coming.
Siglent is aiming higher than Rigol, and it would be nice to have more inside info (hardware) on these products. A review by Dave might help here.
Let's face it: The EEVblog videos are about entertainment, not about the in-depth assessment one would want to do before spending 5000€ and more. For professional customers, getting a demo unit would probably be the way to go. And for serious amateurs, at least in Europe, you can always buy a unit, test it for 2-4 weeks, and return it in case of major disappointments.
I'm not so sure about that.
Even though Dave doesn't always go into as much detail as we'd like, the work he does is VERY time consuming and the equipment he has access to for reviews is not available to all of us.
And the style he has covers a wide range of users. From beginners to advanced anyone can find useful and very useful information.
Unfortunately we can't find all the information in one place, we have to gather from several sources.
I don't like to order and then return the equipment. I prefer to have as much information as possible from the start.
And I wouldn't like to receive equipment already used as new.
If I don't like it, I'll sell it as second hand afterwards.